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The fact he didn't fight extradition from the Bahamas (which could have taken a very long time) helped his case a lot.
by CircleSpokes 4y ago
The fact he didn't fight extradition from the Bahamas (which could have taken a very long time) helped his case a lot.
- prepend 4y agoOr perhaps he stopped fighting extradition when his lawyers set up a deal to avoid bail?
- tptacek 4y agoWhy on Earth would he fight extradition? The alternative to coming to the US was spending years locked up in a Bahamian jail.
- aliqot 4y agoBahamas aren't this terrible place to be. It's still jail in actual paradise. People in NYC would fork over a kidney for that type of view and square footage.
- alphabettsy 4y agoI don’t think people in NYC are going to the Bahamas for their jails.
- landemva 4y agoMaybe not int'l travel, but someone seems to be going to this national park in SF. "Island of Incarceration" https://www.nps.gov/alca/index.htm https://www.nps.gov/alca/index.htm
- Cerium 4y agoThey don't have AC.
- aliqot 4y agoneither does NYC
- kube-system 4y agoDoesn’t sound like paradise. https://www.foxbusiness.com/economy/bahamas-jail-ftx-sam-bankman-fried-fox-hill-harsh-conditions-report https://www.foxbusiness.com/economy/bahamas-jail-ftx-sam-ban...
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- borski 4y ago"According to Bloomberg, Bankman-Fried was held in the sickbay, where he had access to a toilet, running water, a TV, local newspapers, crossword puzzles and many other perks, including vegan food. Anonymous prison officials disclosed that the former CEO spent his days watching the news and reading articles about himself."
- listenallyall 4y agoMy guess -- no evidence -- was that was in return for immunity or leniency for his parents. It's the only incentive I can imagine to voluntarily accept a very long federal prison sentence.